The Loneliness Of the Long Distance Runner

London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine+. First Impression of the author's second book (following "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"), a collection of nine stories. Crown 8vo: 176pp. Publisher's grey cloth-effect paper-covered boards, spine stamped in silver gilt; dust jacket illustrated by Mona Moore and priced 12s/6d. A Near Fine copy, lightly read, with… Read more about this item

London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, second printing. Signed by the author, inscribed to previous owner. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Light lean to binding. Spine ends bumped, cloth rubbed at edges with a ding at the rear. Though a second printing, this title is uncommon signed in the… Read more about this item

London: W. H. Allen , 1959. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition, first impression of Alan Sillitoe's award winning work, 'The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner'. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. … Read more about this item

CA: Continental Distributing, 1962. Original Movie Lobby Card from the movie. Scene depicts head shot of Tom Courtenay. . First Edition. VG++. 11" X 14" . Original Movie Lobby Card.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has some offsetting due to dust wrapper flaps and touch of discoloration to the front board edges; otherwise fine. Dust jacket is unfaded and unclipped (12s 6d net) but somewhat darkened back panel, Some edgewear including upper and lower spine and tips. 1.5 inch tear at head of… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Knopf, 1959. Octavo. Black cloth over red boards stamped in gold with green topstain. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Boards have light shelf wear and light offsetting to back board. No… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

W. H. Allen, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Signed. SIGNED by Alan Sillitoe on a bookplate affixed to the bibliography page (facing the title page). The volume is pushed at the spine ends and has light soiling to the front and rear panels. There is off-setting from the flaps to each endpaper and the… Read more about this item

first American edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone; tight bind; clean cover, bright gilt titling; little rub at corner tips; dj edge wear: rubbing along folds and edges, edge tears, tears at corners and spine ends, small chips at top corners and spine ends; flap price present (will furnish mylar dj protector)… Read more about this item

London: W.H. Allen, 1959.. First edition, 8vo, 176 pp. Contemporary inscription to fly leaf Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a little browned with some loss to extremities.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed twice by the author, once each on the front fly, and the title page. Basis for the excellent, Sillitoe-scripted film with Tom Courtenay as the angry young runner in a juvenile reform school run by Michael Redgrave. A lovely copy.

London, England: Pan Books. Very Good. 1971. Paperback. 0330015052 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Squared, tightly bound with clean, unmarked pages. Age tanning to the pages and moderate cover scuffing and edgewear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 189 pages .

London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition of his first book. Nine related stories including the title one which was the basis for the 1962 film of the same name with screenplay by Sillitoe. A poor Nottingham teenager with bleak prospects turns to long-distance running for emotional and physical escape. Very good to near fine with fading to cloth… Read more about this item

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Alan Sillitoe. The work focuses on Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime. The boy turns… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by Alan Sillitoe. Accompaned by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from the publisher. The title story in this collection served as the basis of a 1962 motion picture directed by Tony Richardson. Octavo. Full dark green leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, five raised bands,… Read more about this item

LONDON: W H Allen, 1959. A first edition, first printing published by W H Allen in 1959. A very good+ book without inscriptions with some browning to the spine. Some spotting to the page edges. Some light wear to the very good unclipped wrapper to the spine tips and corners. The story was adapted for a 1962 film, directed by Tony… Read more about this item

Plume, 1992-08-31. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Has moderate shelf and/or corner wear. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London,, 1988. Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good. Some tanning to the pages, but otherwise a bright clean unmarked copy in VG dust jacket. . 8 vo. Pp: 176. ISBN: 0491001908. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Publisher's illustrated and price clipped dust jacket. A reprint of this 1959 collection of short stories, inscribed by author… Read more about this item